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Différences can be shown in the choice of food: whereas ail animais con- 

 sume equal quantities of carbohydrates, fat individuals show a préférence for 

 fat-rich sunflower seeds and this préférence is more marked in diabetics, in 

 proportion with their metabolic disturbances. 



>. When fed, diabetic Acomys show higher basai metabolic rates than normal 

 i individuals. Cetonic diabetics show the highest values. 



Basai metabolic rates are generally lower in fasting individuals than in 



sated ones. Only the cetonic diabetics show significantly higher values than 



the normals. 



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